Political Risk

President Vaclav Klaus and Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek have entered into another dispute over the appointment of a new health minister.

The prime minister has threatened to resign should parliament launch an investigation into his family business interests.

Despite having both committed themselves to forming a centre-right coalition in the run-up to their successful electoral campaigns in September and October, the Law and Justice (PiS)... 2005-11-01

Having won 155 seats in the Polish legislature (compared to the PO's 133 and the ex-governing Democratic Left Alliance's 55), the PiS has moved swiftly to nominate Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz... 2005-10-04

As parliamentary elections draw nearer, the Socialist government faces an uphill struggle to close the gap with the opposition Civic Democrats in opinion polls, although increased... 2005-09-30

The minority government's parliamentary position has weakened further, following the expulsion of one of the four parties from the ruling coalition.

In what may prove to be the last opinion poll prior to September's parliamentary and October's presidential elections, the Polish left appears to be struggling to consolidate its... 2005-09-05

The government's intended legislative amendments - currently awaiting presidential approval after securing upper and lower house support -fall into four categories of reform. The... 2005-08-02

When Jiri Paroubek was appointed the new Czech prime minister, replacing Stanislav Gross after the financial scandal that ultimately forced his resignation, little was expected of... 2005-07-05

Poland's two main centre-right opposition parties have claimed that they are capable of lowering the 2006 budget deficit below the PLN30bn (equivalent to 3% of GDP) envisaged by the... 2005-07-05